We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.
We are a leading ecosystem builder that is increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital from Asia and around the world into the social sector in Asia. We provide a network of peers, rigorous learning programmes, and innovative capital mobilization opportunities that make sure resources are more effectively deployed.
Affordable Housing
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Agriculture, Climate Action and Environment, Education, Employability, Gender, Health, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation, Nutrition
Agriculture, Climate Action and Environment, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
Education
Education, Employability, Livelihood and Poverty Alleviation
The AVPN Global Conference is the largest social investing convening in Asia that gathers funders and resource providers from across the world to share knowledge, build strategic partnerships, and address socio-economic challenges at scale.
Sophia joined the British Council in 2009 after an extensive career in project management and consulting in the private and public sectors in Canada. She is currently jointly the Deputy Director Education, East Asia and the Head of Education and Society of the British Council in Hong Kong. Her responsibilities include providing strategic leadership to the education work of the East Asia region as well as in Hong Kong. Prior to joining the British Council, she was the Director of Education at an established Canadian environmental not-for-profit organization. Other career highlights include working for the United Nations’ Dams and Development Unit in Cape Town, South Africa and Environment Canada, the Canadian government’s ministry of the environment. Sophia completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Canada and her graduate studies at York University, Canada. She is married with four daughters.
We see social investment as a continuum that encompasses everything from philanthropy and venture philanthropy to impact investing, CSR and sustainable investment. We call this the “Continuum of Capital”.
We see social investment as a continuum that encompasses everything from philanthropy and venture philanthropy to impact investing, CSR and sustainable investment. We call this the “Continuum of Capital”.